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研究生英语学位考试模拟试卷(二)

II. VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10 points)

Section A

Directions: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has one ward or a set of words underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine scoring Answer Sheet.

16. The President's greatest asset was his reputation for honesty.

a deception

b advantage

c liability

d pride

17. The scientist examined the fossils closely to determine their age.

a processed

b cleaned

c compare

d d inspected

18. Few people like someone who meddles in the affairs of others.

a participates

b delights

c interferes

d dabbles

19. There is no alternative; the president must approve the bill if Congress passes it.

a chance of agreement

b doubt

c other choice

d mistake

20. One symptom of the disease is a high fever.

a symbol

b sign

c cause

d pain

21. The picture is tilted; please straighten it.

a high

b level

c slope

d d adjustable

22. The boy felt disgraced because he knew that he had been to steal.

a ashamed

b tempted

c worrie

d d phony

23. A sealed bottle thrown into the ocean often floats aimlessly before it reaches land.

a sinks

b leaks

c disintegrates

d drifts

24. His face was flushed because he had run all the way from the dormitory.

a red

b shaking

c pale

d wet

25. The initial step is often the most difficult.

a quickest

b longest

c last

d first

Section B (0.5 point each)

Directions: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has something omitted. Choose the word or words form the four choices given to best complete each sentence.

26. The main ____ to progress is not technical but political.

a prevention

b barrier

c reverse

d inconvenience

27. Protests died down when they realized that the new tax _____ to only 50p a week.

a added

b reached

c approache

d d amounted

28. For my birthday, I was given a writing set ______ two pens, envelopes and notepaper.

a involving

b comprising

c consisting

d holding

29. Even _____ for inflation he thought it was a good investment.

a considering

b taking account

c allowing

d calculating

30. For people with hearing difficulties, telephones with volume controls provide the best _______.

a solution

b response

c reply

d result

31. ______ of recent political developments he was taken by surprise on his

arrival in the capital.

a Unexpected

b Unacquainted

c Unaware

d Unknowing

32. She always _____ the smell of fresh bread with her mother, who loved baking.

a remembered

b associated

c exemplifie

d d attributed

33. He'll be very upset if you _____ his offer of help.

a turn away

b turn from

c turn down

d turn against

34. His emotional problems _____ from the attitudes he encountered as a child, I think.

a stem

b flourish

c root

d sprout

35. No one really knows who composed this piece of music, but it has been _______ to Bach.

a identified

b associated

c referre

d d attributed

III. CLOZE TEST (15 minutes, 10 points)

Directions: Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. Cross the corresponding letter of the word you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

One of the fundamental interests of human beings (for which purpose man is endowed with innate curiosity) is the desire to broaden one's experience of human life. Within the restricted compass of the ..36.. person's daily life, opportunities for so doing are severely limited, but it is here ..37..the novel can be a considerable asset in enlarging the mental horizon of its reader. The characters and situations ..38.. in a novel may be quite foreign to one's own ..39.. but, through the medium of the novel, there can be achieved ..40.. appreciation of the varied factors motivating the lives of those classes of society -- people with whom there is no chance of coming into ..41.. . The educational purpose of the novel can take a multiplicity of forms. As novels ..42.. a wide public, their usefulness in influencing opinion has not been neglected. A fictional story which ..43..actual conditions obtaining in a ..44.. class of society can be a powerful vehicle for ..45..sympathies. Charles Dickens is a typical example of a novelist who used his creations for